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Users / Re: What devices are you running Web orbiter 2.0 on?

« on: July 15, 2010, 09:54:31 am »

Hi coley
i set the screen size to the nokia n770 and yes the screen toggle is at the bottom right corner but the orbiter button can still be used,i left Microb set at default
andrew thanks for the link i will try it at the weekend
steve

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Installation issues / Re: Mini2440 as wall-mounted orbiter

« on: July 15, 2010, 09:37:52 am »

hi ronan
you could also look at the weborbiter 2.0 running on a generic webpad over wifi i have it running on an eken m003 and it works well plus the only wire you have to run is a 9vdc power supply
steve

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Users / Re: What devices are you running Web orbiter 2.0 on?

« on: July 14, 2010, 12:14:03 pm »

hi
it runs on the nokia n900
 
Andrew  i am not sure if the eken m003 (iped) has got a mic it has a usb and a 3.5 jack for head phones ,I have downloaded sipdriod to it but i have'nt played with the freepbx in lmce so it might take some time to try and config is there anything you would like me to try?
I was surprised to see it has a samba client and was able to stream my music to it but no video as it did not support the code
steve   

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Users / Re: What devices are you running Web orbiter 2.0 on?

« on: July 11, 2010, 04:01:15 am »

hi
thanks Andrew for the tip,okay i have deleted the weborbiter then run apt-get update and apt-get upgrade reinstalled the weborbiter 2.0 as per the wikl and have it running on the eken m003 (iped) and its excellent
screen resolution is set at 480p
many thanks steve

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Users / Re: What devices are you running Web orbiter 2.0 on?

« on: July 10, 2010, 10:11:36 am »

HI
i have just set it up to run on a eken m003 (iped which cost me just over $100) the os is android 1.6 and it seems to be working very well , it still however refreshes the page is there any way to slow the page refresh down ?

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Developers / Re: DIVICE DRIVER i think its very close to working

« on: July 04, 2010, 10:20:20 am »

hi Kooma
I have tryed the win driver and it works okay also when i reboot the core the serial detection script triggers the lights to come on at differant levels but i have no control over them, can you suggest anything else
thanks steve

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Developers / Re: DIVICE DRIVER i think its very close to working

« on: July 04, 2010, 09:01:14 am »

hi
when i run  /usr/pluto/bin/TestSerialPort -p /dev/ttyUSB0 -P N81 -b9600 -t "5,254\r"
i get unknown 5,254\r
can any one suggest what to try next
thanks steve

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Developers / Re: DIVICE DRIVER i think its very close to working

« on: June 14, 2010, 04:05:58 am »

HI
I have made a start on the wika and will try to finish it over the next day or so.
The board has not got a part number however there is a guide to the specific board on the wika - it is under dmxlighting it is my first one so please modify if I have got something wrong.  I am not sure about the serial protocol however I think I can just modify the Clipsal code to suit.  The  test serial command would look something like /usr/pluto/bin/testserialpost -p /dev/ttySO -p N81 -b 9600 -t "1,254\r" #serial port ,parity/stop/bit ,buadrate ,my code
steve

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Developers / Re: DIVICE DRIVER i think its very close to working

« on: June 13, 2010, 09:14:51 am »

Hi,

This is a board from Milford Instruments www.milinst.com.  It has a RS232 socket, a DMX out, a DMX in, a voltage output, a voltage input and servo connectors.  It can be configured with various combinations.  All I am planning on using is the RS232 socket to receive GSD/Ruby data from a template in LMCE (the Clipsal GSD template can just be copied) and then the DMX out to send the channel control (the card will run 112 channels which can be configured from 0 to 254).  So the GSD device template will need 112 child devices/light switches and to be able to select a level between 0 and 254.  All you need to do to turn a light off is select 0 and to turn the light full on is to select 254 and to set the light a half power is to select 127.  Basically, child device ID/channel number, perameter on #192/level 254 perameter off #193/level 0 or data format "channel number" ",channel level".

I have taken this as far as I can and I have got stuck.  Any help would be appreciated.

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Developers / DIVICE DRIVER i think its very close to working

« on: June 03, 2010, 09:01:57 am »

Hi,
I have DMX lighting through out my home and have been working on a serial to dmx512 protocol converter from Milford Industries.  I intend to add it to the Wikapaedia when I get it running.  I have set-up a template and have created a child device.  The following is the device log:

========== NEW LOG SECTION ==========
1   04/26/10 16:40:25   101 (spawning-device)   Starting... 1
1   04/26/10 16:40:25   101 (spawning-device)   Found /usr/pluto/bin/Generic_Serial_Device
05   04/26/10 16:40:25.256      Creating child 102 <0xb70738d0>
05   04/26/10 16:40:25.256      Note: Device manager has attached a device of type 37 that this has no custom event handler for.  It will not fire events. <0xb70738d0>
05   04/26/10 16:40:25.256      Note: Device manager has attached a device of type 37 that this has no custom handler for.  This is normal for IR. <0xb70738d0>
RCODE:
   0:require 'Ruby_Generic_Serial_Device'
   1:class Command < Ruby_Generic_Serial_Device::RubyCommandWrapper
   2:end
   3:class Device_101 < Ruby_Generic_Serial_Device::RubySerialIOWrapper
   4:def cmd_ReceiveCommandForChild(cmd)
   5:id=device_.childdevices_[cmd.devidto_].devdata_[12]#get child device number
   6:        off=',0'#turns the channel off
   7:        on=',254'#turns the channel on full
   8:        half=',127'#turns the channel on to 50 %
   9:    if cmd.id_==192#192 is on
  10:      conn_.Send(id+on+'\r')#set id to full%
  11:   end
  12:    if cmd.id_==193#193 is off
  13:      conn_.Send(id+off+'\r')
  14:   end
  15:end
  16:#### START SETTERS ####################################################################
  17:def initialize()
  18:super
  19:@returnParamArray=Array.new
  20:end
  21:####  END  SETTERS ####################################################################
  22:end
 24:05   04/26/10 16:50:36.132      GSDMessageTranslator isCmdImplemented = false <0xb56ffb90>
05   04/26/10 16:50:36.162      #### Pre-Process Queue = 1 <0xb56ffb90>
05   04/26/10 16:50:36.162      _QueueProc Pre - 192 : 0 <0xb7072b90>
05   04/26/10 16:50:36.162      GSD-Sleep Pre 192 : 0 <0xb7072b90>
05   04/26/10 16:50:36.163      Process Queue = 1 <0xb7072b90>
05   04/26/10 16:50:36.196      GSD-Sleep Post 192 : 0 <0xb7072b90>
05   04/26/10 16:50:36.196      _QueueProc Post - 192 : 0 <0xb7072b90>
05   04/26/10 16:50:46.669      GSDMessageTranslator isCmdImplemented = false <0xb56ffb90>
05   04/26/10 16:50:46.671      #### Pre-Process Queue = 1 <0xb56ffb90>
05   04/26/10 16:50:46.705      _QueueProc Pre - 193 : 0 <0xb7072b90>
05   04/26/10 16:50:46.705      GSD-Sleep Pre 193 : 0 <0xb7072b90>
05   04/26/10 16:50:46.705      Process Queue = 1 <0xb7072b90>
05   04/26/10 16:50:46.708      GSD-Sleep Post 193 : 0 <0xb7072b90>
05   04/26/10 16:50:46.708      _QueueProc Post - 193 : 0 <0xb7072b90>

As you can see, when I send a message from the child device from what I understand it registers to the parent.  However, it does not send the serial code to the device to turn the lights on.
when i reboot my core it randomly turns the lights on
I would appreciate any help with understanding the system better and also getting the driver to work


thanks steve   

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Developers / Re: noob wants to know a b c's of building divers for hardware

« on: April 18, 2010, 06:05:48 am »

hi
can you point me in the right direction of a c++ interface driver using udp as an example
steve

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Users / how do you test a serial connection

« on: April 02, 2010, 11:38:26 am »

hi
ive been working on a small project its a serial to dmx protocol convertor ,i have created a interface template with child device for the lights
and have overcome an earlier error in the ruby code,but its still not working
when i reboot the core it randomly triggers some of the lights,i am not quite sure what to try nexted, can any one suggest what to try next
steve

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Feature requests & roadmap / Re: DMX512?

« on: February 06, 2010, 10:18:14 am »

hi
i am currently working on two dmx interfaces using  gsd and ruby,however i hit a small problem when i tryed to run the ruby(syntax error)i am not a progammer so ive had to do some reading and i think i have worked it out but i am away from my core until the end of feb(skiing in japan)
one dmx interface is very simple and wil give 112 dmx channels
there is some free software (a web server) for the enntec usb pro which could maybe work but it would need some work, here are some links to my posts http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=9206.0
http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=9378.msg64212#msg64212 
have a read
steve

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Installation issues / Re: Asrock 330 HT as core

« on: January 31, 2010, 02:19:17 pm »

hi
try rebooting it worked for me
steve

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Users / Re: Scenario Setup Help

« on: December 29, 2009, 10:32:41 am »

hi kevin
just wondering where you found the testserialport,i am having trouble with an interface and it would be good to test the serial port
thanks steve